WALSINGHAM, Sir Thomas II (c.1589-1669), of Scadbury, nr. Chislehurst, Kent

Family and Education

b. c. 1589, o.s. of Sir Thomas Walsingham I* and Audrey, da. of Sir Ralph Shelton of Shelton, Norf.C2/Chas.I/W73/59. educ. King’s, Camb. 1606; travelled abroad 1609-12. Al. Cant.; SO3/4, unfol. 12 Nov. 1609. m. (1) settlement 2 Mar. 1616, Elizabeth (bur. 24 Apr. 1632), da. of Sir Peter Manwood* of Hackington, Kent, 1s. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) 1634, Elizabeth (d. 4 Nov. 1676), da. of Sir Richard Bourne of Bobbingworth, Essex, wid. of Nathaniel Master (bur. 4 Apr. 1633) of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London and Highgate, Mdx., merchant, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. Cent. Kent. Stud. U1875/T1; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 616; ‘Expense bk. of James Master’ ed. S. Robertson, Arch. Cant. xv. 153; E.A. Webb, G.W. Miller and J. Beckwith, Hist. Chislehurst, 151-2; PROB 11/163, f. 396v; St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxi), 288. Kntd. 26 Nov. 1613; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. suc. fa. 1630. bur. 10 Apr. 1669 10 Apr. 1669. Soc. Gen. transcript Chislehurst par. reg.

Offices Held

?Gent. privy chamber extraordinary to Prince Henry, 1610–12, Govt. of Royal Household (Soc. Antiq. 1790), p. 324. Chas. I 1641. LC3/1, unfol.

Freeman, Rochester, Kent 1620; Rochester, Guildhall Mus., Customal, new f. 41. commr. subsidy, Kent 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, C212/22/20–1, 23; SR, v. 85, 152. inquiry, recusants’ lands, Kent 1622/3, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449 (misdated). charitable uses, 1622 – 33, 1637 – at least40, Rochester 1635, C93/9/11; 93/10/25; 93/14/17; 192/1, unfol. sewers, Gravesend to Ravensbourne, Kent by 1626-at least 1627,Cent. Kent. Stud. S/NK/SO7, ff. 1v, 5v. martial law, Kent 1626, billeting and training soldiers 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 221, 224. Privy Seal loans 1626, E401/1913, unfol. 4 June 1626. Forced Loan 1626–7; Harl. 6846, f. 37; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. v.-adm. Kent 1626-at least 1652; Add. 37816, f. 158; HCA30/820/37, 61; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 266; 1651–2, p. 216. j.p. Kent 1629-at least 1651; C66/2527; Cent. Kent. Stud. Q/JC/4. commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1629-at least 1639; C181/3, f. 247v; 181/4, f. 48v; 181/5, p. 262. The commissions for 1629 and 1630 do not specify whether Walsingham or his father was intended, but as Walsingham was v.-adm. of Kent the commr. was clearly him. jnr. bridge warden, Rochester 1631, snr. Bridge warden 1639, 1645, 1651, asst. bridge warden ?1632–59; Traffic and Pols. ed. N. Yates and J.M. Gibson, 294. commr. highways, repair, Kent 1631, C181/4, f. 88. knighthood fines 1631-at least 1632; E178/5368, ff. 17, 20. dep. lt. Kent by 1635-at least 1642; CSP Dom. 1635, pp. 429, 442; 1636–7, p. 168; 1637, pp. 572, 575, 579; 1637–8, pp. 34, 48; CJ, ii. 724a. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635, C181/5, f. 8. Poll Tax, Kent 1641,As implied by SR, v. 107. assessment, Kent 1643–60, A. and O. i. 91, 148, 231, 541, 640, 968, 1085; ii. 36, 301, 469, 666, 1370. Surr. 1647-at least 1652; A. and O. i. 976, 1093; ii. 44, 310, 479, 676. steward Eltham manor, Kent by 1643-at least 1648; R.R.C. Gregory, Story of Royal Eltham, 203, 206. commr. sequestration of delinquents, Kent 1643, Kentish rebels 1643, A. and O. i. 113, 247. seizure of timber from delinquents’ lands, Essex and Kent 1644, Ibid. 423–4. gaol delivery, Kent 1644, C181/5, p. 472. defence of Surr. 1645, A. and O. i. 731. militia 1648-at least 1660. Ibid. 1238; ii. 1326, 1433.

Commr. Southern Assoc. 1643, New Model Ordinance 1645, fen drainage 1649. A. and O. i. 336, 620; ii. 139.

Parlimentarian

WALSINGHAM, Sir Thomas II (c.1589-1669), of Scadbury, nr. Chislehurst, Kent

Main residence: Scadbury, nr. Chislehurst, Kent.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WALSINGHAM, Sir Thomas II (c.1589-1669)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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